President Donald Trump took to Twitter this morning to blast Google News for what he said were biased results against Republicans and conservatives:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1034371152204967936
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1034373707047882759
The “96% of results” line came from this PJ Media article…
THE DRUDGE LINK THAT STARTED IT ALL… https://t.co/DvhFxn4mZe
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) August 28, 2018
…which in turn relied mostly on this analysis by Sharyl Attkisson where she charted the media bias of the major MSM outlets:
https://sharylattkisson.com/2017/04/23/media-bias-a-new-chart/
Here’s Attkisson’s chart which already has Google listed as left of center:
By that standard, I don’t know why they bothered publishing the piece. Just publish the Attkisson chart and say “see, Google’s liberal!” and call it a day. pic.twitter.com/MDMDmfGBTF
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 28, 2018
Google has since denied that it uses search to “set a political agenda”:
Google responds to Trump: “When users type queries into the Google Search bar, our goal is to make sure they receive the most relevant answers in a matter of seconds. Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don't bias our results toward any political ideology…” https://t.co/ee6hwK66Uk
— Jo Ling Kent (@jolingkent) August 28, 2018
But White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters after Trump’s tweets that the administration is “taking a look at it”:
"We're taking a look at it," says WH econ advisor Larry Kudlow, asked if the Administration thinks Google searches should be regulated, following @POTUS complaint today that it's rigged against him. pic.twitter.com/6DJdhE0dyf
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 28, 2018
To be continued.
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